Telescope-mounting for guns.



No- 834,785. r I PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

- J. WILKINSON.

TELESCOPE MOUNTING FOR GUNS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1906.

INVENT OR WITNESNES JOSEPH WILKINSON ATTORNEYS To all whom it 'may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WILKINSON. or BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TELESCOPE-"IOU NTING FOR GUNS.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No. 309,379.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WILKINSON, 'a citizen of .the United States, and a resident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have'made certain new and useful Improvements in Telescope- Mountings for Guns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a telescopic mounting for guns, the telescope being pivotally attached to a gun by links, and thus adapted to be temporarily elevated to obtain a clear view of the opensights below it when the telescope is not used. The construction, arrangement, and operation of parts are as follows and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a gun with a telescope mounted thereon and its normal position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same parts shown in Fig. 1, the telesco e being elevated to enable the opensights to e used Fig. 3 is across-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. V Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fi 5 is a pers ective'view of-the telescope en ar ed, toget er with the links or supports by which it is attached to a gun; and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the clamp connected with the rear. link.

The construction and operation of the telescopic attachment are as follows': 1 indicates the telescope proper; 2, a clampingband or sleeve applied to the rear end of the telesco e adjacent to the eyepiece 3; 4, .the rear lin (see Fig. 3,) and 5 the front link, by whichparts of the telescope are supported and adapted to swing forward and ackward, as

will be transverselyand is clamped to the telescope 1 by means of a screw '6, that assesthrugh holes in the adjacent paralle ears" or lugs formed on. the ends of; the sleeve. The screw 6 Y (see Figs. 6 and 7) has a notched disk-like head 6 and a lever 7 is mounted rotatably on the said screw and provided with a lateral In or pin 7 that is adaptedjtoj engage any note of' structed of spring material. ing an enlarged milled head 15, (see Fig; 4,)

resently explained. As shown in' Fig. 6, t e band or sleeve'2 is split or divided clamping it on the tube 1 may be employed.

The rear link 4 is double-prongedthat is to say, constructed with two sets of prongs or armsthe upper ones 4 being ivoted at their extremities to the band or s eeve 2011 opposite sides and the lower arms 4 being provided with inwardlyrojecting semi-,

spherical points 8 and 9, w -ch'engage cor. responding sockets in portions of the lockframe 10, which is adjacent to the grip of the stock, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The

point or projection 8 may be constructed'integralwith the fork or arm, and the other, 9,

justed asrequired to secure the link ml to the frame 10 or to release it therefrom. he

fork or arms 4 4 are preferably-formed of (see Fig. 3,) is provided with a thumb-lever 1-1, and its shank-is screw-threaded, so that by rotating said lever the point 9 ma be adspring material to better adapt themfor easy engagement with or disengagement from the telescopic band 2 and the gun-stock band 10. The forward link 5 has practically the form of an inverted U. The ends of its arms or forks are provided with conical projections or points 12, while its upper portion 14 is bowed over the telescope 1. (See-Fig. .4.) Said oints enter corresponding sockets formed in the gun-barrel 13. The link is con- Ascrew 15, havpasses through the spring arms or for the link 5 and also through lug 16, attached to the under side of the te esco e 1. An enlarged milled nut.15 is applie .to the other end of the screw 15. It is apparent that by the said screw and nut the spring-arms of the link may be adjusted as re uired to hold the conical projections 12 firm y engaged with the sockets of the barrel .13 or to permit It is further apparent that by a due adjust- .ment of the forward screw 15 the forward ates the pressure and friction, so. that the ks may be rotated-through an arc' ofa circle withgreater or less facility.

tachment to the latter.

' end of the telescope 1 may be adjusted to the right or left should conditions require. The arms of the link 5 are connected by a bowed top portion 14. The link 5 is adapted to serve as an automatic stop, preventing the telescope moving beyond a certain distance, so that when raised it is always ready to gravitate backward when released or in case the clamping-screws are not too tightly adjusted. When the telescope is in its normal position, as indicated in Fig. 1, the lug 16 (shown in Fig. 4) rests directly upon the top of the barrel 1d of the gun for all elevations.

It is apparent that by adjusting theclamping band or sleeve 2 forward on the telescope 1 the general elevation of the rear'end of the telescope would be raised. In use of the instrument the elevation of the telescope is effected by the thumb of the hand used in firing thegun. In other words, by pressing with the thumb forward and upward upon the rear link the telescope may be swung upward and forward, which is done to allow the use of the open sights on the gun-barrel.

The adjustment of the telescope (shown in Fig. 2) is the one required when the open 'sights 13 of the gun are to be used, the telescope being then pushed upward and forward, as shown. When this pressure is removed, owlng to the position and arrangement of the links the telescope will gravitate backward to its normal osition. (Shown in Fig. 1.) The lenses 0 telescopes are frequently broken by heavy discharges, especially when a telescope is held rigid on the gun.

With my construction and arrangement of arts it is obvious that when the gun recoils om the effect of the shock-due to explosion of the charge the telescope, owing to inertia, will not recoil correspondingly. In other words, the telescope does not insuch case partake of the recoil or rearward movement of the gun in consequence of its pivotal at- Since the eye of the gunner is necessarily in close proximity to the'eyepiece 3 of the telescope in the act of aiming and firing the gun, it 1s apparent that injury to the gunner is avoided by this adaptation of the telescope to maintain its original position, or rather to remain stationary when the gun recoils. Thus the danger of personal injury to the eye or face of the guns ner the case of telesc'o es WhlCh are fixed t0 the gun is avoided. l n brief, by my-improved attachment the telescope is adapted to be moved easily forward from its normal position and to return automatically thereto by the effect of gravity when released and also to maintain its position by inertia when the gun recoils. It is apparent that the telesco may be very easily and quickly 'attac ed to and detached from the gun by .scope, of an ad ustable sleeve on the rearend of said telescope, a link pivotally connected to said sleeve and to the gun, a link pivotally connected at or near the front end of said telescope and to the gun, a stop to locate the position of such forward end with respect to the gun when said telescope is in its normal position, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a gun and telesco e, of an adjustable clamp-sleeve at rear en of the telescope, a double-forked springlink -engaging said clamp and the frame of the gun, means for adjusting said' sleeve longitudinally, a link pivotally connected to the gun-barrel and 'to the opposite end of the telescope so that said telescope will have a longitudinal tilting movement and gravitate back to its normal position by reason of such pivotal link connections, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a gun and a telescope of a double-forked spring-link, the lower forked end of said link embracing the frame of the gun and ivotally connected therewith, the rear end 0 the telescope pivotally supported in the upper forked end -'of said link, a link pivotally connected to the gun and to the forward end-of said telescope, said telescope adapted to have a'longitudinal tilting movement by reason o' f said links so that said telescope may be elevated above the gun to leave an unobstructed View of'the open sights on said gun for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a gun, of a telescope therefor, and links which attach it to the gun and adapt it to swing in a vertical I plane, one of said links having a portion that a U shape and its bowed portion passing over the telescope and adapted for contact with the same when the telescope is elevated to a certain degree.

7- The combination, with a gun and telescope therefor, of links that pivotally connect them, a screw passing laterally through the arms of a link and through an under portion of the telescope, whereby the latter may be adjusted laterally when required, as shown and described.

I 8. The combination, with a un having a rear attachment provided wit a series of lateral sockets, one above another,of a telescope and attaching links, the rear one of which is provided with arms havin points IO adapted to engage such sockets, an means for adjusting the pressure on said points, whereby the rear end of the telescope may be adjusted vertically as conditions re uire. JOSEPH WILKI SON. Witnesses: GEO. D. B. SHERWOOD, KATIE M. E. STEWART. 

